Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-09
vided the excuse and created the neces-

fiucu The excuse ana created the neceS-
sity for such provision.
These hastily formulated codes dealt
severely with the gravest crimes. Muir
der was made capital ofense, while
theft was in some localities correspond
lngly dealt with. Most generally this
latter offense, and some OF the less graver
sins OF commission and derelictions OF
duty. were punished with the cat-o-nine-
tails and deportation. Such are briefly
crude hints of the inner workings of some
Of the mining camps in the golden days
long since agone, away back IN the forties.
Experience has taught Us that fsr-reach-
ing political results sometimes hinge
upon very trivial occurrences. The &C
QUESTION of Cslifornis, II disassociated
| with events and hosllities on the Rio
Grande, and there is no substantial reason
against go doing, nor for supposing that
her fate was in the balances and was to
be effected one way or another by the
/ issue OF battle there, was accomplished
with but little bloodshed. In the light
of legendary traditions and historic
facts it might have been otherwise, and
GQuestionsbIy would so have been but for
the tactful lntrigues Of Thomas 81. Ben
ton and the OppOrtune aid afforded by
his intermediary, John c.. Fremont, who
was then on the slope with company of
sixty armed men, and in the employment
OF the government az the time as civil en-
g1neer. Their joint and Gdroit machins
ton, as is commonly known, fomented
Intestine broils which eventuated In overt
acts of aggression, which glor1ously led
up 20 the Bea1fag episode at SonomEtin
1916. Then follows the hosting of our
flag ct Monterey at q sessol-
able moment by Sloat, which mort
gagged for our behoof and welded
to the public domain province that sub
seqUenilg became state and which has
risen TO be one OF the most lustrous stars
| filming from the niue field of our con-
stellauOn. But for this timely and pa
triotic deed, California would have fallen
q sweet and coveted morsel into the rapa-
cious nav Of the British Lion, whose
agents were then paving the way for such
g contamination. A depression will need
no apology. Il will appear to manufac
tIrerg CT lumber in Texas to be the acme
of enterprise when they Sre Informed that
V shaped fumes are erected here in some
sections fifty five miles long at al outlay
Of over $780, 900, with capacity TO fOat
per day 200. 900 feet of lumber. The peo-
pie OF this state, with the press in the
lead, are working the eickenipg boom,
which set in here several months ago with
the force Of 2tidal wave most Industrious
Iy, aud for ell it contains of succor
and Vitality. They seem TO be possessed
OF a fsith-grounded idea that, il Rightly
groomed there Is UNNECESSARILY more IN
| it than mere floating, perambulating
bonsrz2, of butterfly existence can be
made to yield, If defily MIXED; and that
in all likelihood it might be by some pro-
cess of coDjuration held on to indefinite
ly and kneaded into sort of 80 per cent.
dividend paying consolidated California
and Virginia lode of gold bearing qoartz,
40 per cent. proof in yield and output.
The animus or inspiriling motive just
now, seems to be bed-rpcked upon the
unimpugned virtue of the sound principle,
tsmake nay while the sun shines" Spec
ulation has been rife and riotous in the
| land, and while it is fun for the boys at
home here, 1t may prove to be in the
fulluess Of time, hell on the frogs or dupes.
! An invitation is usually, chesply and
! blandly youchsafed anxious prospectors,
TO take trip through the suburbs OF
| doomed and pretentious towns with the
aim of course OF working upon their sus-
capabilities and creating favorable i'm
preston. Raral scenery is su0tlY charm
ing and attractive, where fruit culture
end landscape gardening is made spec
ialty Of. It may be wanting in some
! thing of the charm and freshness Infused
| by diversifcation, but this is negative
defect only aud is adequately atoned for
in the lavish luXuriance OF vegetation
which superabounds, enrches the pros
pect and greets the gaze of the beholder
most pleasuTably. Vineyards, exQuisitely
arranged and most picturesque in their
wealth OF autumn foliage, from which
coyisnly peep and depend tempting
clusters of purple beauties; and
orchards, displaying the choicest variety
of golden fruit, Tivaling in elegance and
splendor the famous gardens OF the
HesperideS, encompass you in profuse
and expansive array. 1t was by tempts-
ton in en- unguarded m ment OF absent
mindedness that Mother Eve fatally STUN
bled and exercised her power of attorney
given her under the omnifc seal OF
providence, when she turned the world
over to the devil, lock, stock and barrel
This is the biggest real estate transaction
of which we have any verifiable record, SO
far as am informed. Singular to relate,
as if there was regret somewhere. or
something informal about the transfer,
some OF her fair and comel7 daughters
have been as busy as yellow jackets ever
since trying, with moderate success, to
raise the devil on every square mile OF
the habita0le globe. Perhaps they have a
right TO under the terms Of the
bequest. Objects and colors even wnen
viewed under the same lens appear diff
ferently at times. A great deal depends
on the angle of vision. It is assumed,
therefore, that quotably fair opinion OF
matters and of the possibilities OF the
present and the future OF this country
can only be conceived, at mental perch
flush with the attitude of psssionless
criticism. The undignifesi haste and
frenzy with which some have impetuously
rushed into extra hazardous real estate
ventures hereabouts, is apt to entail sore
regrets and bring to the palate the brine
of disappointment. This forecaste CT
results will more sptly fit and apply 10
the operations of small-fry investors.
who are usually oversanguine of fair re-
suits AS far as my information extends
eastern capitalists inspired or rather in
stituted the incipiept. movement in realty
transactions. An investment which fairly